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Unified comms fails to unify IP vendors
Blog Unified comms involves bringing together voice, data, video and presence functionality, so a) everything happens over one network and b) you know where you contacts are. Cisco and Nortel are apparently partnering with Microsoft on unified comms...
[October 16, 2007, 14:04]
Unified comms fails to unify IP vendors
Blog Comment One of the problems of the Microsoft Office Communications Client/Unified Server combo is that the presence features in Microsoft Office will only work with Unified Communications server. Its effectively trying to leverage its quasi monopoly on the...
[October 17, 2007, 6:17]
Unified comms fails to unify IP vendors
Blog Comment Nick - how can I agree more? It's absolutely imperative we don't have vendor lock-in. Surely open interfaces will be welcomed by most IT professionals, allowing them to build communications based on the vendors' offerings they want to choose.
[October 18, 2007, 16:40]
Avaya tackles 'economic reality' with unified comms
News Avaya has launched a cheap unified-communications suite. The Avaya Unified Communications (UC) Solutions bundle is aimed at remote workers and branch offices, and starts at 15 pence per day, per worker.
[March 17, 2008, 15:18]
Gartner: Unified comms is not about saving money
News Companies should roll out unified communications to improve productivity and collaboration rather than to save money, the analyst firm Gartner has said. Gartner surveyed 300 organisations and found that the mostly enthusiastically touted benefits...
[April 23, 2008, 17:10]
Cisco flags Unified Comms flaw
News Networking giant Cisco has warned of a flaw in its Unified Communications Manager software that could allow a remote, unauthenticated user to cause a denial of service condition or execute arbitrary code.
[January 17, 2008, 11:52]
Vodafone launches unified comms for SMEs
News Announced on Wednesday, Vodafone One Net is a hosted unified communications platform that enables small companies to provide employees with a single phone number for their landline and mobile telephones, and with a single voicemail box for calls...
[September 10, 2009, 17:15]
BT launches unified comms system for SMEs
News BT has launched a Cisco-based unified communications package for small to medium-sized businesses. Unified communication solutions may be the difference between agility and fragility for SMEs in the battle to beat big business and respond to today...
[January 23, 2008, 13:49]
Conflicting strategies aired at unified comms show
News Echoing the latest industry buzzwords, this week's VoIP for Business event was re-named Unified Communications Expo. Communications vendors are now trying to offer more than just voice over a data connection by building in features such as presence...
[April 11, 2008, 12:37]
HP, Microsoft team up for unified-comms push
News HP and Microsoft have unveiled a four-year plan to collaborate on unified communications products and services, with an expected investment of up to $180m (£116m) into product development and services provision.
[May 20, 2009, 16:00]
Cisco moves unified comms to the cloud
News Cisco intends to bring its WebEx unified communications product to enterprises from small to large, and will serve it up over a SaaS delivery model, as well as build a cloud platform to support it. In a teleconference call on Tuesday with the media...
[July 1, 2009, 8:34]
BT adds unified comms to Onevoice VPN service
News BT has announced the addition of unified communications capabilities to its Onevoice service. Historically, all voice VPNs did [was go] to the customer-edge router level, connect to a PBX in the customer's site and provide a routing table," Simon...
[April 15, 2009, 11:54]
Siemens launches own unified comms server
News Siemens has launched its first complete unified communications software suite, OpenScape Unified Communications Server. On Monday the company said the launch — which means Siemens unified communications (UC) customers no longer need to use...
[March 3, 2008, 11:25]
Siemens launches mobile unified-comms suite
News Siemens Enterprise Communications has launched its OpenScape Mobility unified-communications software. The company, which is a joint venture between Siemens and the Gores Group private-equity firm, claims it is the first to offer a full range of...
[October 14, 2008, 16:58]
Nortel buys unified-comms firm Pingtel
News Nortel has bought Pingtel, a designer of unified-communications software. According to a statement, Nortel will use Pingtel's software in its small to medium-sized business (SMB) unified-communications package, which is based on its Software...
[August 13, 2008, 15:24]
Microsoft and Cisco divided over unified comms
News The world's largest IT and communications vendors are divided in the way they intend to offer unified communications. Unified communications is an evolution of voice/data convergence that aims to bring together voice, data, video and presence...
[October 16, 2007, 16:23]
Unisys and NEC team up on unified comms
News Unisys and NEC have signed an agreement which expands their collaboration to include enterprise unified-communications offerings. Combining Microsoft technology, Unisys services and NEC solutions, the centres will be open to customers so they can...
[October 11, 2007, 16:15]
IBM follows Microsoft with unified comms push
News Following Microsoft's partnership with networking giant Cisco, the unified communications market is hotting up even further with IBM's launch of a new range of collaboration products. It plans to sell unified communications to smaller businesses as...
[August 24, 2007, 17:38]
Microsoft and Nortel launch unified comms partnership
News Microsoft and Nortel are to join forces to sell unified communications — products that integrate business applications with voice, video, email and instant messaging. The first product that will integrate Microsoft and Nortel technology to form a...
[January 17, 2007, 18:05]
Video blog: Microsoft, unified comms and Kenny Everett
Blog Mark Deakin, Unified Communications product manager, Microsoft UK, also somehow managed to make the demo entertaining and avoid any major cock-ups. The launch of Microsoft's Office Communications Server at the IP07 conference yesterday was...
[October 17, 2007, 15:38]
